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OpenXcom v1.0 released, offers open source alien attacks

Phil Savage
Jun 16, 2014

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OpenXCom has taken its time. When we last posted about it—for its
0.9 release
—it had been in the works for four years. That was over a year ago, meaning that this new v1.0 release has taken... well, you should be able to do the maths. It's an open-source clone of the original XCOM: UFO Defense / UFO: Enemy Unknown, and lets you play Microprose's original, brutal tactical strategy in an easier-to-use engine.

Importantly, OpenXcom is the same game, with the same difficulty in place. But, in addition to that, it offers a slightly more customisable experience, provides a series of bug-fixes and, most significantly, a nice new wrapper that isn't designed for twenty-year-old operating systems.

As its so unapologetically the exact same game, you
will
need a vanilla version of the original. You can grab a digital copy
from Steam
, or, alternatively, you can order a copy from the secret global black market for just two Sectoid corpses.

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